BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — A Bainbridge High School teacher charged with carrying on a sexual relationship with a student had been spotted with the 16-year-old boy in and outside of school, according to a letter firing Jessica Marie Fuchs.

OLYMPIA — A proposal to raise the state’s minimum hourly wage to $12 by 2019 — which has proved a major bone of contention between Democrats and Republicans this session — is set for another round on March 30.

A suspected drunken driver was arrested early Friday after striking a semi-truck on Interstate 5 and rupturing its fuel line, causing a freeway closure for 2 1/2 hours while crews cleaned up diesel fuel.